• About Us
  • Tribology Events
  • Study Tribology
  • Tribology Wikipedia
  • Calculators
  • Tribometer
  • Tribology Journals
  • Downloads
About Tribology

About Tribology

  • Home
  • General Topics
  • Advanced Materials
  • Computational Tribology
  • Atomistic Tribology
  • Bio Tribology
  • Downloads
HomeBo Persson

Bo Persson

Adhesion of Rough Solids
Bio Tribology

Physics of Contact and Adhesion with application to biological systems - ICTP Colloquium

30.08.2019 tribonet 202 Views

A talk by Professor Bo Persson on contact mechanics and adhesion in biological systems. Abstract: One of the weakest forces in nature is the van der Waals interaction which acts between all atoms and solids. […]

Featured Video

Recent Comments

  • MAcostaTribonet on Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial
  • MAcostaTribonet on Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial
  • tribonet on Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial
  • MAcostaTribonet on Contact Pressure For Rough Surfaces: A Tutorial

Popular Wikis

  • Hertzian contact equations for elliptical, spherical and cylindrical contacts
  • Hertzian contact theory
  • Wear
  • Fretting, fretting corrosion and fretting mechanisms
  • Pin on Disk Test
  • Fatigue Wear
  • Reynolds Equation: Derivation and Solution
  • Galling
  • Bio-Inspired Surface Replication
  • Nanotribology
  • Superlubricity
  • Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication (EHL): Theory and Definition
  • Friction
  • Coefficient of Friction
  • Oil Viscosity Index and Viscosity Temperature Relation
  • Adhesive Wear
  • Abrasive Wear
  • Corrosive Wear
  • Laws of Friction
  • Wear Particles
  • What is EHD film thickness?
  • Tribochemistry
  • Archard Wear Equation
  • Engine Bearing
  • Pressure-Viscosity Coefficient and Characteristics of Lubricants
  • Tribometers
  • Elastic Deformation
  • Greenwood and Williamson Contact Model
  • Hydrodynamic Lubrication (HL): Theory and Definition
  • Power Spectral Density of Rough Surfaces
  • Plastic Deformation at Microscale
  • Generalized Reynolds Equation: Derivation
  • Analytical Solution of Reynolds Equation: Grubin's Approximation
  • Grease
  • Tribology
  • Four Ball Tester
  • What Are Lubricants?
  • Coefficients of Kinetic and Static Friction
  • Boundary Lubrication
  • Friction Coefficient Tables in Air and Vacuum
  • Triboelectricity
  • Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants
  • Rolling Contact Fatigue
  • Triboluminescence

Search in Tribology Wikipedia


Newsletter Sing Up

Articles in Pictures

  • SimpleScalingLaws
  • 2,2,4-trimethylhexane
  • http://elvasomediolleno.guru/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/enregiass.jpeg
  • Falcon-9 Rocket Explosion
  • Tribo Plasma
  • salvinia molesta
  • golf ball
  • The correct lubricant

More to Read

  • tribofilm growth and rupture

    Mechano-chemical wear and tribofilm thickness simulation

    29.03.2016 471 Views
    When the conditions in the tribosystem are such that the lubricant is not capable of carrying any significant part of the applied load, most of the load is carried by the direct contact of the [...]
  • Brasenia Schreberi Superlubric

    Brasenia schreberi mucilage - superlubric biological liquid

    21.03.2016 419 Views
    Superlubricity is a state of low friction, broadly defined as the state with the coefficient of friction lower than 0.01. This level is not achievable with classical lubrication mechanisms and currently other methods are being [...]
  • NASCAR PILEUP

    NASCAR Pile Up and Importance of Friction

    29.07.2019 1,696 Views
    A real life examples to help explain the importance of tribology are priceless. Car races can provide an exciting example. A pile up at the 2019 Daytona NASCAR car race created an example the effect [...]
  • Contact mechanics challenge

    Contact mechanics challenge results: a follow up discussion

    05.02.2018 556 Views
    In 2015 Prof. Martin Müser of Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany initiated a contact mechanics challenge with a goal to provide tribologists with benchmarks to decide which method is the most appropriate for a particular problem. [...]
  • Nordtrib 2016: conference summary and outlook on the field of tribology 50 years after the Jost report

    19.06.2016 894 Views
    Nordtrib 2016 came to a close last Friday and I returned home inspired and energized for the next stint in my PhD research. This post is an overview of the conference and summarises the outlook [...]
  • Sign Up
  • About Us
  • Contacts
  • Contributing Writers
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Writing Articles
  • Downloads

© 2016-2021 tribonet

Skip to toolbar
  • Log In
  •   Register